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Originally Posted by: Get Ready Third time at Wolves.
First time they played - 1986:
Love Vigilantes, Bizarre Love Triangle, Hurt, Sunrise, Elegia, Leave Me Alone, Everything's Gone Greeen, Subculture, Face Up, Broken Promise, The Perfect Kiss
Right up against the stage, bruised ribs, tinnitus for a week, drumstick grabbed after the Perfect Kiss, covered in beer, Gillian smiled at me, stage invasions, fantastic gig.
Second time they played - 2006:
Crystal, Turn, Regret, Ceremony, Who's Joe?, Transmission, Krafty, Waiting For The Sirens' Call, Atmosphere, Guilt Is A Useless Emotion, Bizarre Love Triangle, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, Blue Monday (encore) Love Will Tear Us Apart, True Faith
Up in the balcony, lots of sensible middle aged and middle class punters, poor sound (Barney sounded like he was in a metal dustbin), flat atmosphere, front row (standing) beneath me were some distance from the stage with a large walkway for the many bouncers - no idea why because the average age was around 45 and many wouldn't have been capable of lifting a leg over the barrier let alone diving on the stage like they did in '86.
So for this one I decided to try the standing in front of the stage route again, hoping that they reduce the length of no man's land. Seen other recent gigs on YouTube from the Civic and fans were allowed within four feet (or less) of the stage. The thing is, the sound is bloody awful for most bands (check out Manic Street Preachers and others from this year) UNLESS you are right down the front. Forget it if you are up in the balcony or standing in the stalls towards the back - by the time the sound reaches you, most of it has been sucked into the ear canals of the front few rows of standing punters on the main floor and you are left with an echoey, tinny mess - like listening to someone's Walkman on the bus back in the 80's and trying to work out what the hell they are listening to.
If it's your first time there, beware the six doors - they don't tell you which one they are going to open. First two gigs above, I waited for hours but those piling out the pubs at the last second got in the same time as me. The sensible makeshift queue up the steps got lost in a stampede as sheer aggression trumped all.
I was at 2006 gig, can't recall either way what the sound was like..Also saw Happy Mondays there way back in 1992- it was as they were disintegrating and it was a shit gig. I think it'll be a good atmosphere tonight but have concerns about the sound now after what you've said Wasn't that impressed with how the sound at Brixton last Tuesday didn't travel very well to the back,i had to get nearer front
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